Bill Richmond (August 5, 1763 – December 28, 1829)

Admiral Nelson is a friend of Despard and continued to help him advance in his career. Págs. He became employed by Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford. On the 27th January 1817 Jane Austen began Sanditon, the first Regency that included, Miss Lambe, a mulatto heiress, a very wealthy mulatto heiress. Images from Richmond Unchained by Luke G. Williams With less than 28 dukes during that time period, who are you more likely to run into, a duke, or a person of color? They had one daughter: Maria Josefa DeLaGarza (born Guajardo). Again this is a middle-class account of an interracial couple. INTRODUCTION (Excerpt) "Claiming Place: Biracial American Portraits" illuminate the biracial experience in the post-Civil Rights era. Richmond won his freedom and entered the British service under nobleman Hugh Percy. If you want historical fantasy, think of thousands of hot dukes. The portrait above hangs in the State Dining Room of Buckingham Palace.

It takes a war to end it). John Williams had been freed in 1699 by the will of his former master. Six different lines can be traced from Princess Sophie Charlotte back to Margarita de Castro y Sousa. For the King's coronation, a lavish banquet was thrown. 1783 132 enslaved Africans are willfully drowned from the ship of the Zong. Margarita DeCastro, 1422 - 1479 Margarita DeCastro 1422 1479. The New Union Club Being a Representation of what took place at a celebrated Dinner given by a celebrated society – includes in picture abolitionists, Billy Waters, Zachariah Macauley, William Wilberforce. I love History, Romance, the Regency, Food, Family, Faith and Friends. Married a woman, Mary Dunwick. May 1773 - The Duchess of Queensberry fencing with Soubise. If Black were not a part of the culture, why would one be drawn in the cartoon? 1820 British Regency ends with Death of George III. Bridgewater died in February 1860.

Miss Lambe, the wealthiest heiress in Jane Austen's Sanditon. – published 19 July 1819. Before I show some notices of upper-class influences, here are some from the lower and middle-class of Blacks and Whites socializing: These portraits are by her and the King's chosen painter, Allan Ramsay. Above, I've shown you primary and secondary sources of middle and lower classes. Historia de la Muy Ilustre Casa de Sousa, España, 1770 Descendencia de Alfonso Vazquez de Sousa el Cavallero en Borgoña y en el Imperio. They wear Tudor costumes to be celebrated amongst the Ton. In 1764, he was brought to England aboard a royal naval vessel. She captured the influx of mix-race women coming to England for education and marriage. Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, 773.05.01.09+ Lord Mansfield ruled against (

Jane Austen was a contemporary author writing of her times. *The British National Portrait Gallery suggests an even wider time period for the Regency: "The Regency spanned the four decades from the start of the French Revolution in 1789 to the passing of Britain’s great Reform Act in 1832." 1811 British Regency begins with 2nd fit of Madness of George III, Prince George (IV) becomes Regent* 1865 13th Amendment to the Constitution legally ends slavery in all of the US. (The Enslaved are not free in the US. So they looked at her pedigree to try to find anyone who could have been African and lit on this mistress of Affonso III, 15 generations back the pedigree. In London, there were over 10,000-20,000 that lived in London during the time of Jane Austen.

2. Black People existed in the Regency.

Really? Of these three, and indeed of all, Miss Lambe was beyond comparison the most important and precious, as she paid in proportion to her fortune. Colonel Despard and Jamaican wife, Catherine. Repugnant accounts but notice that Blacks have moved beyond London and were now found in the country-side and more remote locations. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen Charlotte by Allan Ramsay, 1761 Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland Electress/Queen consort of Hanover [a] Tenure 8 September 1761 – 17 November 1818 Coronation 22 September 1761 Born (1744-05-19) 19 May 1744 Unteres Schloß, Mirow, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Holy Roman Empire Died 17 November 1818 (1818-11-17) (aged 74) Kew Palace, … Free women are denoted with hats. Thirty-two years.... Catherine is well-educated and socialized with other English officers and their wives. George Bridgetower (George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower) was born in Poland on October 11, 1778. Strangely, Richmond is believed to be the mulatto executioner (one of the executioners/Hangman for the Crown) of Nathan Hale. Dr. Jonathan Troup of Dominica attests to the relationship of the Prince Wm Henry a "mollatoe girl"-- "a very nice and well dress'd girl and handsome" May 15, 1789. Margarita married Alferez Joseph Alfredo Martinez Guajardo De la Garza. HRH Charles's 13-Great Grandmother.

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American born, enslaved but lived most of his life as free in England. George IV now reigned.